MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN ISOLATEDDUE TO IGNORANCE, NEGLECT, SUPERSTITION, AND FEAR (UNITED NATIONS).DISABILITY RIGHTS WERE FIRST FRAMED AS A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE IN THE LEGAL LITERATURE IN THE EARLY NINETIES.

ALTHOUGH LEGAL PROTECTIONS AND INITIATIVES HAVEBEEN PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE EQUAL RIGHTS FORPEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES,LARGE GAPS REMAIN.